We study liquidity transformation in mutual funds using a novel data set on their cash holdings To provide investors … with claims that are more liquid than the underlying assets, funds engage in substantial liquidity management. Specifically … underlying portfolio assets. This is particularly true for funds with illiquid assets and at times of low market liquidity. We …

We study liquidity transformation in mutual funds using a novel data set on their cash holdings. To provide investors … with claims that are more liquid than the underlying assets, funds engage in substantial liquidity management. Specifically … underlying portfolio assets. This is particularly true for funds with illiquid assets and at times of low market liquidity. We …

flows, which directly affect fund size and managers' income; and (ii) time-varying liquidity costs of assets. I find the … aggregate shocks to fund flows enter the pricing kernel in equilibrium and price 100 liquidity, fund flow beta, size, book …-to-market, profitability, and investment portfolio returns net of liquidity costs. The risk prices for the aggregate flow shocks are similar …